Donate to Support Breastfeeding in Utah
The Utah Breastfeeding Coalition is a group of health professionals, public health organizations, educators, policy makers, employers and other community individuals and groups whose purpose is to collaboratively promote, protect and support breastfeeding in Utah.Our initiatives:
- Education: Creating informative materials for parents and caregivers
- Policy Advocacy: Lobbying for breastfeeding-friendly workplace regulations
- Community Building: Uniting mothers, professionals, employers, educators, and others to make an impact on infant nutrition
Goals of the Utah Breastfeeding Coalition
- Encourage parents and families to initiate exclusive & continuous breastfeeding
- Increase public understanding that breastfeeding is the normal course for nourishing children & that efforts to undermine breastfeeding are serious threats to the health of infants, children, parents and families
- Contribute to a supportive & accepting social environment with respect to breastfeeding
- Promote & support model policies & practices in communities, hospitals, businesses, health care systems, worksites, & child care facilities
- Encourage active support for breastfeeding among key community leaders
